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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1970
Page
3
Mrs. James Hefner directs registration for the Fall kindergarten and pre-kindergarten term at the First Presbyterian Church Educational Building. Sessions run Friday and Saturday May 15 and 16 from 1 to 3 pm with a $5 registration fee.
Nicholas Gonzales 45 dies in tractor accident six miles west of Pecos Tuesday. Final rites set for Barstow Catholic Church at 5 pm tomorrow with interment in Barstow Cemetery. Survived by widow and ten children. University of Tennessee seminar on differences in children's learning draws regional educators.
All coaches and interested persons are urged to attend a meeting of the Girls Softball League tomorrow night May 8 at 7 30 p m in the Community Center. More coaches are needed and helpers for the summer program should contact league members.
Sidney Drouilhet a Rice University student filed felony charges for insult to the flag against Glen Van Slyke William Holland and Bill Case alleging on May 1 they gathered on campus and burned stomped and nose blown on a large American flag witnesses 6 to 10 students heard the act bond set at 1000 each case mentions Case had reportedly withdrawn from the university Harris County records note no similar charges in 15 years.
Texas Supreme Court Place 3 results show James Denton leading by 15 votes with 580,012 to Matt Davis 289,210 and Hawthorne Phillips 290,787. Official canvass next Monday will decide if a runoff is needed. Denton's share stands at 50.00064 percent.
A board of teachers and students chose finalists for Pecos High School cheer squads. Varsity spots go to juniors and seniors with B team openings for juniors and sophomores. Seniors named include Esparza Holliman Jaquez Perkins Regas Smith Vasquez. Juniors listed Clark Moon Moore Peyton Wynne. Sophomores Binlined Bin? Corbin Culp Ferguson Hamilton McAnally McCarty Rodriguez Williams. Voting for Varsity is Friday. B team picks Monday. Mrs. Cecil Stickels mentors the pep squad.
Wheeler Furniture of 1512 West Third and Las Palmas Mexican Restaurant rejoined Pecos Chamber of Commerce this week. Jim Ed Miller notes the firms are welcome additions as John Wheeler of Monahans owns Wheeler Furniture.
Ruby Gwendolyn Miller 28 faces armed robbery charges after the Arp State Bank robbery. FBI filed federal charges, bond set at 15000, $1757 recovered. Miller arrested at Bullard home within two hours by her husband Deputy Sheriff Bill Miller and Sheriff Harlan Long. Also notes a church program at First Presbyterian Church in Tyler.
David Rodriguez, 39, an employee of A. C. Pump Co, suffered minor burns on hands and feet when a boom on a water-well pulling unit touched a highline. The incident occurred about 6:30 Wednesday afternoon in the Alamo farming area south of Pecos and he was treated at Memorial Hospital.
The Associated Press notes mild morning temperatures across Texas with a warming trend ahead of a cold front from the Rockies. Southerly moisture is expected to increase cloudiness as winds pick up in far West Texas, with thunderstorm potential developing late Friday in North Central Texas. A separate incident reports a high voltage line strike damaging a truck near Pecos, with an estimated $15,000 in damages and fire department response.
Funeral services are pending at Pecos Funeral Home for Sacarias N. Garcia age 46 who died at 4 p m Wednesday at his home 608 Peach after a long illness He was born June 2 1923 in Carlsbad New Mexico Survivors include his widow Luciana one son Rojelio of the name six daughters all at home Pilar Maria Maricella Socorro Maria De La and Sylvia three brothers Francisco Alfonzo both of Arizona and Juan of Pecos and one sister Evegina Carrasco of Coyanosa
Ignacio Cuevas testified in his murder trial pleading self defense after a fight at the scene. The state admitted a bill of sale for a 38 cal pistol as evidence while multiple witnesses described events from the arrest to the autopsy and photos of the crime scene.
Raymond C. Garcia marine private first class son of Fred S. Garcia Pecos Texas serves with the Second Battalion First Marine Regiment First Marine Division in Vietnam continuing his duty notice from Pecos.
The May draft call for Texas is 834 with no man selected above random sequence 145. Colonel Morris S. Schwartz notes May quota falls from 940 in April and that pre-induction physical and mental exams are set at 5,828 for May, down from 8,442 in April.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved a 1.5 million dollar plan to start a fish pass between Corpus Christi Bay and the Gulf of Mexico near Corpus Christi. Two year costs are estimated at 2.998 million, funded from Game and Fish Fund No. 9 amid legislative approval and a later ruling on fund use.
About 200 Texas Tech students attempted to lower the U S flag to half staff in sympathy with Kent State victims. Campus police halted the effort, seized the flag, and escorted students to the ROTC building where another flag could not be secured. A fire truck later removed the flag until it was returned to the staff.
The Fort Stockton youth John Russell Kincaid 19 at the time stands charged with killing his mother Ann Russell Kincaid 38 and stepfather J Bert Kincaid Jr. 51. The trial was moved to San Antonio on a venue change agreed by both sides. He is free on a 150000 dollar bond and a trial date has not yet been set.
Duval Corp Culberson property staff northwest of Pecos Texas logged 168 149 man hours in the first quarter of 1970 without a disabling injury. The last disabling injury occurred October 2 1969. Each employee will receive a company award recognizing their safety performance.
A list of petit jurors is summoned for Civil Jury Week in the 143rd District Court to report at 1 30 p m on Monday May 18. The caller includes numerous Balmorhea Saragosa and El Paso residents such as Doyle McCuistion and Jimmie Odie Sr in the same brief.
Gary Don Corzine aged 17 and Noah Dale Butler aged 19 were denied bond by Denton District Court in a habeas hearing over the April 17 slaying of Robbie Doreen Birthright 23 of Azle a Texas Woman's University senior. Witnesses included Denton County Sheriff Wylie Barnes TWU security chief Andy Anderson and local officials. The district attorney argued the death penalty is evident.
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